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Chapter 5: Taken

The group all sat at the table in the corner of the saloon, Chris had way more than one drink and was completely tipsy, Cal and Julia knew how to handle their drinks and were still quite sober where as Jesse didn't drink much, she didn't like alcohol that much and was too busy thinking about Cal's notebook to care. "Alright what's up with you misery guts?" Cal asked Jesse breaking the girl out of her thought. "Huh?" She questioned, "Ever since we went hunting and you took a look at the horses you've seemed different, Cmon tell me what's wrong". 

Jesse eventually gave up and told Cal all about how she found his notebook. At the end he didn't shout at her, nor hit her. He just sighed, "basically all you need to know about that is that the book is my Hitlist of those who killed my people, I may share more with you in the future depending if I can trust you" He said. Jesse wanted to push the subject but was told not to when she saw a single tear roll down Cal's cheek.

Without saying another word, Cal stood up and made his way over to the bar, Leaving drunk Chris confused as fuck and the girls quiet, As he approached the bar he noticed a rich snob talking to his partner not so far away. Cal silently ordered a drink while struggling to hear the pair over the din of all the drunks. From what he could make out The man was called Arthur Wild one of the greatest gunslingers in the west, Apparently he had never lost a duel. 

Cal turned to the pair and said "so your the famous Arthur Wild?" "Yes, Yes I am" The man responded in an annoying posh voice "Well then I challenge you to a duel, I win if I can disarm or kill you" Cal told the man confidently earning a snort chuckle followed by a "Your on".

The group watched as Cal and a rich guy walked outside followed by a small crowd of drunks, The two followed them and made their way round the crowd to behind Where Cal stood, their backs facing the saloons alleyway. Cal and the other person stood about 10 feet apart their hands poised above their holstered pistols.

"Fire!" The assistant shouted causing two gunshots to echo out, however Jesse didn't get to witness who won the duel as several sets of hands grabbed her and clamped over her mouth and limbs dragging her quietly deeper into the alleyway.

Cal had reacted faster than anyone could have anticipated, Like a black mamba he had fired before his opponent had even touched his gun sending it flying and then shooting off his hat as an added insult. The crowd cheered as Cal collected his reward and as Arthur slouched away his head low in defeat. As Cal approached the other two with a grin on his face he asked "Where's Jesse?" "Umm...... She was here a second ago" Julia told him as he handed her the money. 

Thats when Cal looked down the alleyway to see Jesse being thrown onto a horse. "Hey!" he shouted running to behind the saloon, gun drawn. As he left the back of the alley he raised his weapon to shoot The rider of the horse carrying Jesse, but was stopped by a plank of wood to the stomach and then the face. 

Chris and Julia rushed over to help but was stopped by the clicking of rifles. Through the blurriness of his vision Cal saw Jesse get taken away, fear was in her eyes, He reached for a throwing knife but a boot stomped down on his hand, dislocating it. He gave out a sharp cry of pain which made Julia cringe, Cal looked up at his new assailant who was none other than Kyle Robert and behind the insane cannibal was Charles Croft. "YOU!" Cal hissed before being Kicked in the face knocking him out.

Chris, being a drunk idiot took his chance to attack. Smashing his beer bottle over the head of the nearest gunman and stabbing the man, killing him. As Julia and Chris then proceeded to get into a knife fight with five of the gang members Kyle and Charles along with several other gang members got onto their horses and escaped.

 While Chris easily cut the men he was fighting, Julia found herself fighting two guys. One lunged at her and she punched him round the face sending him sprawling backwards into a water trough. the splash from the water landed on Cal violently waking him up. While Julia strangled her final attacker to death, Chris had killed all but one person who now lay on the floor at gun point.

 Angrily Cal Grabbed a knife and slammed it into the mans palm pinning it against the wall of the saloon. As the man screamed his heart out while Cal whistled his horse over, once it arrived he pulled out a shotgun and fired it into the poor mans leg. "Where' your camp?" He demanded. "u...u....Up in the mountains, just a few miles north" The man stuttered before Cal blasted his brains out. As people began to investigate, the trio scarpered to their horses and headed out to find the camp the guy was on about. 

Chris was in no way sober enough to fight, Julia needed to rest, and Cal was straight up enraged. As he road ahead he thought only two things, Was he doing this out of revenge or if he was doing this because of Jesse and what methods should he use to kill them.